Log Birling Revival Dazzles Escanaba and Gladstone
Escanaba and Gladstone in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula stage a joint Fourth of July week celebration featuring a postwar revival of log birling and lumberjack sports. The festivals showcase yachting parades boxing trapshooting and historical pageants amid birling contests where two-footed logs with three sizes host three falls per match. Mary Malott returns to defend her title as women join the sport alongside men in a tradition tracing to Paul Bunyan and early Lumbermen’s Expositions.
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Puget Sound
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Jimmy Running
Mary Malott
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National Rolee
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Jim Herron
Record crowds loom for 1947 sports season across major leagues
The piece surveys attendance possibilities across baseball and other sports, noting 1947 as a potential peak. It cites Yankees and Giants as likely to top 2 million and 1 million respectively, forecasts rainouts and doubleheaders, and highlights stadiums with large capacities like Soldier Field and Dodger Stadium as key venues.
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Chicago
Philly
Soldier Field
Cleveland
Yankees
Mize's Hitting Impresses With Portly Veteran Player
The article highlights John Robert Mize a 34 year old veteran born in Demorest Georgia. It notes his solid hitting throughout a lengthy career and describes him as six feet two inches tall and about 215 pounds with the bulk to generate distances.
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Mize
No Bullfighting Vets Can Learn Hair Styling Abroad
Washington reports that G I veterans may study abroad under the GI bill in fields from hair styling in Paris to watchmaking in Switzerland. About 1395 veterans are studying overseas with 1200 plus institutions across 71 countries on VA approval. housing and costs are provided, but certain programs such as flight schools and on the job training were denied.
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Switzerland
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Veterans’ Administration
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Korea
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Austria
War Department
Smith
Mageie Proves Tough as Mayor in Soap Lake
Soap Lake Washington notes a dramatic town row led by Maggie Waltho 270 pounds nicknamed Maggie the Mayor who fired Marshal James Rigas and vowed to serve as marshal herself. Rigas’s wife accuses the marshal of confiscating punchboards, while the mayor says she acted for justified reasons and will not take the marshal’s pay. A deputy sheriff remains nearby Saturdays to maintain order.
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Maggie Waltho
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